Amy and I share some thoughts on the Thirty Days of Smiles project.
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Time flew by, but viewing/making a per day video makes it appear much longer.
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Smiling became significantly easier as we progressed.
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When I look back at my videos I can’t help by smile!
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I either fixed by gaze upon a distant object/thought or looked directly into the camera.
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I enjoyed going off into my own head during the videos, thus organizing thoughts or allowing myself to unconsciously compute daily/weekly happenings.
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I think it’s cool to look back at all the past month and realize it was just a day by day process that I was able to smile through.
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Early on I realized I wanted to remain relatively still throughout the video. I really like the idea that the smile and time are the only active elements.
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I realized I can make a better effort to more fully display my emotions. I’m not sure if I always smile as much or as energetically as I should.
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I like my version of a smile.
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If anything, making videos presents a nice dose of reality and self awareness.
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You make smiling look like the easiest thing in the world.
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It was a lot harder to smile than I expected.
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I didn’t really focus on anything. I’m sure a lot of my time was spent thinking about how it looked like I was barely smiling (and making myself try to smile “bigger”).
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I realized I spend the majority of my time at home in two places.
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I had no idea what I looked like when I work, I kind of like it.
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It hasn’t changed how I look at my own smile. If anything, I like it even less.
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Watching myself for so long led to more negative than positive thoughts. Yesterday all I could think about is how my one eyelid is bigger than the other (eczema makes it puffy and weird).
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Five minutes didn’t seem so long after a while.
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Doing this when I was sick was rough. Took so much willpower.
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Overall I’m proud of myself for posting so much recorded time of myself online. Not that anyone is necessarily looking at it, but the possibility is there. I don’t put up 99% of pictures of myself because I think I look gross.
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I think my smiles are best with animals around.
